Hadith 11

(The book) ‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih’ – It is reported by Ali Bin Hassan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws went out intending Siffeen. When he-asws crossed the Euphrates and was near the mountain, and the time Al-Asr Salat presented. He looked carefully to a distance, then performed Wudu’u and recited Azaan. When he-asws was free from Azaan, the mountain split from a man of white head and beard, and white face. He said, ‘The greetings be unto you-asws, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and Mercy of Allah-azwj and His-azwj Blessings! Welcome to the successor-asws of last of the Prophets-as, and guide of the resplendent, and chief of the successors-as’. Ali-asws said: ‘And upon you be the greetings, O my-asws brother-as Shamoun Bin Hamoun Al-Saffa-asws, successor-as of the Holy Spirit Isa-as Bin Maryam-as! How are you-as? ’ He-as said: ‘Good, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on you-asws. I-as am awaiting the descent of the Holy Spirit, so be patient on whatever harm you-asws are upon, O my-as brother-asws, until you-asws meet the beloved (Rasool-Allah-saww) tomorrow. I do not know of anyone with better afflictions for the Sake of Allah-azwj than you all, neither of greater Rewards, nor of loftier positions, and I had seen what your-asws companions had faced yesterday from the children of Israel. They had been sawn with the saws and crucified upon the planks. If those faces had known, the renegades separating from you-asws, what Allah-azwj has Prepared for them, from the punishment of the Fire, and the Wrath, and the exemplary punishments, would not have been deficient. And if these faces, the ones wishing with you-asws, had known what has been prepared for them, from the rewards of being in your-asws obedience, would have wished to be sawn by the scissors. And upon you-asws be the greetings, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and Mercy of Allah-azwj and His-azwj Blessings’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And the mountain joined upon him, and Ali-asws went out to the fighting. Ammar Bin Yasser-ra, and Malik Al-Ashtar, and Hashim Bin Utba Bin Abu Waqas, and Abu Ayoub Al-Ansary, and Qays Bin Sa’ad Al-Ansary, and Amro Bin Al-Hamiq Al-Khuzaie, and Ubadah Al-Samit, asked him-asws about the man. He-asws informed them that it was Shamoun Bin Hamoun Al-Saffa-as. And they had been listening to their talk and were increased the insight regarding the fighting alongside him-asws. And Ubadah Bin Al-Samit, and Abu Ayoub said, ‘May our mothers and our fathers be sacrificed for you-asws, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! By Allah-azwj, we shall help you-asws just as we had helper your-asws brother-saww Rasool-Allah-saww. No one from the Emigrants and the Helpers will stay back from you-asws except a wretch’. He-asws supplicated for them both with the goodness’’. [51]